Sunday, September 13, 2009

Abortion & Most Harm Doctrine

"Personhood USA is similar to anti-abortion campaigns before it, but it's taking a bolder approach. It wants to end all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest, by adding fertilized embryos to constitutional and legal definitions of humans." (Associated Press) Now, think on this: if a fetus is a person, and a citizen (Constitutionally) is one born or naturalized ... would a fetus be a resident alien? If so ...

Would they be disqualified for Medicaid & welfare? How better to punish people with limited resources that to saddle them with medical costs while in Congress people with related ideas are blocking Health Care? Promoters of "The Most Harm to the Most People" -- you know who they are.

If the fetus is a person, killing it is murder. If the mother will die if the fetus is carried to term -- knowingly withholding medical treatment is murder. If medical treatment is withheld, both mother and fetus will die -- thus a double murder.

A fetus as person means multiple homicides by medical professionals ... who will have to be charged and convicted based on hospital records & office records. How much harm is inflicted on the sick? How much on harm on society as a whole? How many doctors will avoid obstetrics -- or be forced to by the high cost of malpractice insurance necessary to defend against murder charges?

"The Most Harm to the Most People" ... and we haven't even touched on the range of possibilities associated with a fetus which will die within the first year -- due to birth defects. How much will spent on a person who is effectively dead from conception? How many hours of work will the parents miss to care for the dead child? What will be the emotional toll?

"The Most Harm to the Most People" ...
How many other issues that haven't been touched upon?

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